Bicycle-support



No. 6|0,0IJ5. Patented Aug. 30, 1898 F. WALENTA.

BICYCLE SUPPORT.

ed Oct. 2, 189

(Application fil (No Model.)

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 610,005, dated August30, 1898.

Application filed October 2, 1897.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK WALENTA, a citizen of the United States,residing at Yonkers, in the county of Westchester and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bicycle-Supports;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to bicycle-supports, and has for its object toprovide a simple and reliable support for bicycles which may be usedboth for supporting a bicycle in an upright position after the rider hasdismounted and also for maintaining the bicycle in proper position toadmit of the mounting of the rider.

The detailed objects and advantages of the invention will appear in thecourse of the subjoined description.

The invention consists in an improved bicycle-support embodying certainnovel fea tures and details of construction and arrangement of parts, ashereinafter fully described, illustrated in the drawings, andincorporated in the claims hereto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a side elevation of abicycle,showing the improved support applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlargeddetail perspective view showing the slotted ends of the supporting-legsand means for supporting the latter, and Fig. 3 is a similar view of theadjusting and holding lever.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Beferrin g to the drawings, the improved bicycle-support contemplated inthis invention comprises, essentially, a pair of supportinglegs 1, whichmay be either solid or tubular, as preferred. These legs are ofsufficient length to extend from the ground to a point above the rear ordriving wheel of a safetybicycle where they cross or intersect eachother at the point 2, at which point they are pivotally connected bymeans of a bolt 3. This bolt is provided at its forward end withparallel ears 4, by whichit is hinged through a pin 5 to the rear end ofa bolt 6, which at its forward end passes through and is engaged SerialNo. 653,903. (No model.)

9 of an ordinary safety-bicycle, as shown. A pivotal connection is thussecured between the legs 1 and the clip, by means of which the device issupported on the machine-frame.

One of the clips or plates 7 is provided with an upwardly-extending arm10, the upper end cross-head 14: are threaded to receive nuts 16 toprevent their escape from the slots 13 of the portions 12. The rod 15 isdeflected, as shown at 16, to pass around the seat-post tube orseat-post, as the case may be, and is pivotally connected at its forwardend to one end of a thumb latch-lever 18, the latch 19 of which ispivotally mounted upon the lever and provided with a stud 20, adapted topass through an opening 21 in the lever and engage one of a series ofnotches 22 in a disk 23, secured rigidly to a clip 24, embracing theupper frame-bar of the bicycle.

Secured to the clip 7 is a V-shaped spreader 25, preferably constructedfrom a piece of wire or rod, the terminals being attached to the clip,and the central portion of the wire being bent in the form of a V, so asto constitute forwardly-diverging side portions 26, which cooperate withthe legs 1 as the latter are moved downward for spreading said legs andplacing the lower ends thereof in contact with the ground at a distancefrom the wheel-base, thus giving the required lateral support to thebase of the machine-frame.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that if the legs are intheir upper or folded position and the thumb latch-lever is rocked so asto thrust the rod 15 'rearwardly the cross-head 14 acts upon the slottedportions 13 of the legs to rock the outer ends of said legs downward,and in such downward movement the legs come in contact with the spreaderand are thus forced apart until'their lower ends come in contact withthe ground at points remote from the wheel-base. When the operationabove described is reversed, the legs are carried upward, and at thesame time are forced to fold inward toward each other until theyapproach each other sufliciently close to prevent them interfering withthe movements of the rider in mounting and propelling the machine. Therearward and upward movement of the legs arises from the camming in theopposite direction of the upwardly-diverging and slotted portions 12 ofthe legs by the cross-head, the cross-head being guided by theeye-bearing 11, so as to effect this camming action. At the same timethe nuts 16 bear upon the outside of the upwardly-diverging portions ofthe legs and insure their folding together.

It will of course be understood that the improved bicycle-supporthereinabove described is susceptible of various changes in the form,proportion, and minor details of construction, which may accordingly beresorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. In a bicycle-support, the combination with a clip, of a pair offolding legs, a hinged support on which the legs are pivoted, a rodhaving a cross -head in sliding engagement with diverging portions ofthe legs for rocking them on the hinge, stops at the outer ends of thecross -head for closing the legs on a movement in one direction on thehinge, and means for separating the legs on their movement in theopposite direction, substantially as described.

2. In a bicycle-support, the combination with a pair of crossed andpivotedlegs, of a rod provided with a cross-head havinga slidingengagement with the upper ends of said legs above their pivotalconnection, means for operating said rod, and a V shaped spreader forseparating said legs in their downward movement, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a bicycle -support, the combination with a clip for attachment tothe rear braces of a safety-bicycle of a V-shaped spreader attached tosaid clip, a pair of supporting-legs having slotted diverging portions,a hinged connection between the clip and legs, a rod having a cross-head in sliding engagement with said slotted portions, stops at theouter ends of the cross -head to engage the outer sides of the slottedportions of the legs, and means for moving and holding said rod,substantially as described.

4. In a bicycle-support, the combination with a suitable clip, of a boltextending therefrom, a pair of supporting-legs intersecting each otherand pivotally mounted at their point of intersection on a bolt which ishinged to the first-named bolt, said legs being provided with slottedportions, a sliding rod having a cross-head working in said slottedportions, and a thumb latch-lever for operating and holding said slidingrod, all arranged for joint operation, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribin g witnesses.

FRANK WALENTA.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM RILEY, FRANK H. BARTLETT.

